Craig D. Lounsbrough
"Either we are running ‘from’ what we fear or running ‘to’ what we fear. The former is a choice controlled by fear, the latter is an action inspired by it."
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"Either we are running ‘from’ what we fear or running ‘to’ what we fear. The former is a choice controlled by fear, the latter is an action inspired by it."
Craig D. Lounsbrough
"The anticipation of loss is much more frightening than the actual loss as anticipation leaves room for the imagination to create that which, in all likelihood, will never transpire."
Craig D. Lounsbrough
"Either we are running ‘from’ what we fear, or running ‘to’ what we fear. The former is a choice driven by fear, the latter is an action inspired by it."
Craig D. Lounsbrough
"Mediocrity is a path cleared by fear, leveled by apathy and paved by comfort."
Craig D. Lounsbrough
"One of the most terrifying things I fear is not my potential, but how much regret I’ll die with should I never use it."
Craig D. Lounsbrough
"The paralyzing fear of being lost is fed solely by the irrational fear that we will never be found."
Craig D. Lounsbrough
"God’s eyes readily see beyond our actions, for our actions are simply fear and selfishness pretending to be us."
Craig D. Lounsbrough
"Most of our fears are borrowed. Since that’s the case, we should get busy returning them."
Craig D. Lounsbrough
"The power of a thing is not based on the power it actually possesses. Rather, it is much more about the power that we permit it to possess."
Craig D. Lounsbrough
"To intentionally pass on opportunity is to intentionally pass on living."
Craig D. Lounsbrough
"If I am brave enough to stand against those who have been groomed by fear, I will recognize that where I get knocked down is all about where life begins, and has nothing to do with where it ends."
Craig D. Lounsbrough
"Loss is an invitation to a journey of unparalleled growth, yet we seldom RSVP the invitation."
Craig D. Lounsbrough
"We tend to deny our humanity because in accepting the fullness of it, we would need to confess how little we’ve done with it."
Craig D. Lounsbrough
"Comfort is a stance of avoidance rather than the pursuit of excellence."
Craig D. Lounsbrough
"I must look at the 'nature' of God, not the 'nature' of the challenge. For the former means everything and the latter means nothing."
Craig D. Lounsbrough
"Fear tells me that while there might be a host of people who wish to stand beside me in times of crisis, the tangled wreckage is sometimes so enormous that the best of their efforts leave them stranded at a great distance. And standing desperately alone surveying the carnage that holds all others a bay, God suddenly taps me on the shoulder, leans over and whispers, 'how about a little demolition?"
Craig D. Lounsbrough
"It’s not about the elimination of fear. Rather it’s about the elimination of the feeling that the elimination of fear is necessary before we take the next step."
Craig D. Lounsbrough
"The hand of God is wonderfully evident at those times when He pens stories whose lines we ourselves are far too fearful to pen or whose imaginations are far too limited to envision. And I would unashamedly suggest that the Christmas story is that very story."
Craig D. Lounsbrough
"Far too often, it is at the moment where we finally stand on the very precipice of some great thing that we turn and abandon it, for it is at these seminal moments that fear wins and greatness dies. The beauty of Christmas is that God steps over precipices."
Craig D. Lounsbrough
"What excites us the most or likewise scares us the most is when something is exactly what it says it is. And when it comes to Christmas, we’re going to end up finding ourselves on one side of that line or the other."
Craig D. Lounsbrough
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